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The Electricity and Gas (Energy Company Obligation) Order 2012

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This is a draft item of legislation and has not yet been made as a UK Statutory Instrument. This draft has been replaced by a new draft, The Electricity and Gas (Energy Companies Obligation) Order 2012 ISBN 978-0-11-153027-6

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Introduction

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

  3. PART 2 Overall carbon emissions reduction target, overall carbon saving community target and overall home heating cost reduction target

    1. 3.Overall carbon emissions reduction target, carbon saving community target and home heating cost reduction target

    2. 4.Definition of a supplier

    3. 5.Article 4: group companies

    4. 6.Overall obligation period

    5. 7.Notification by suppliers of domestic customers and energy supplied

  4. PART 3 Determining carbon emissions reduction obligations, carbon saving community obligations and home heating cost reduction obligations

    1. 8.Determining carbon emissions reduction obligations, carbon saving community obligations and home heating cost reduction obligations

    2. 9.Determining obligations for a supplier who is not a member of a group

    3. 10.Determining obligations for a supplier who is a member of a group

    4. 11.Determining supply

  5. PART 4 Achievement of obligations, determining savings and excess actions

    1. 12.Achievement of carbon emissions reduction obligation

    2. 13.Achievement of carbon saving community obligation

    3. 14.Actions in specified adjoining areas of low income

    4. 15.Achievement of home heating cost reduction obligation

    5. 16.Notifications of qualifying actions and adjoining installations

    6. 17.Determining savings for a qualifying boiler repair and replacement

    7. 18.Approval of an appropriate methodology for carbon saving or cost saving

    8. 19.Determining savings for qualifying actions

    9. 20.Transfers

    10. 21.Excess Actions

  6. PART 5 Enforcement

    1. 22.Final determination and reporting

    2. 23.Information from suppliers

    3. 24.Enforcement

  7. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      AFFORDABLE WARMTH GROUP ELIGIBILITY

      1. 1.The benefits referred to in the definition of affordable warmth...

      2. 2.In paragraph 1— (a) “qualifying child” means, in relation to...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      MEANING OF HOUSEHOLDER

      1. 1.In relation to England and Wales, householder means a person...

      2. 2.(1) In relation to Scotland, householder means a person who...

  9. Explanatory Note

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